New York Times bestselling author Jennifer Crusie brings humor and storytelling magic to this modern-day romance about a match with a dubious beginning—that is destined for a fairy-tale ending.
Daisy Flattery is a free spirit with a soft spot for strays and a weakness for a good story. Why else would she agree to the outrageous charade offered by her buttoned-down workaholic neighbor, Linc Blaise? The history professor needs a makeshift fiancée to secure his dream job, and Daisy needs a short-term gig to support her painting career. And so the Cinderella Deal is born: Daisy will transform herself into Linc’s prim-and-proper fiancée, and at the stroke of midnight they will part ways, no glass slippers attached. But something funny happens on their way to make-believe bliss, as a fake engagement unexpectedly spirals into an actual wedding. Now, with Linc and Daisy married and under one roof, what started as a game begins to feel real—and the people who seem so wrong for each other realize they may truly be just right.
In this book, two very opposite people enter into a fake engagement, which becomes a fake marriage, which becomes an HEA.
Daisy is a colorful and vibrant artist, who is having some money issues. Linc is a straight laced professor, who needs a wife in order to secure his dream job. Both Daisy and Linc were people I would want to know better, and the banter was so much fun. They spent so much time denying and resisting a mutual attraction, that I thought I was going to explode by proxy. Cruise did such a good job revealing the layers of these characters, and I felt like I really understood what motivated the choices they made.
The ending really won me over. I totally swooned for Linc at the gallery showing. I can't be too specific, but it was beautiful. Pitter patter (that was my heart).
